to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
like this; such; thus; in this way
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
twilight; dusk; faint light
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
representative; exemplary; model
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
wise man; philosopher; sage
praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)
(social) position; status
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous